No enforcement? Safety corridor for naught

Sunday

Apr 7, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Editor, the Record:

Editor, the Record:

I just finished reading your article informing the readers that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation wants to extend the safety corridor on Interstate 80 to Route 380. It would double fines for speeding in that corridor. What a joke.

The state police refuse to enforce the speed limit in the existing corridor. The 50 mph speed limit was established in 2002 as part of the Safe 80 initiative. That speed limit actually was enforced for a few years. However, the state police, citing "narrow road shoulders, reduced personnel, etc." gave up on it years ago.

This problem with enforcement has been written about for years. Try going the posted 50 mph or even 60 mph during the mad morning rush on I-80 eastbound. Not only will you risk your well-being, but you'll do so with no visible presence of the state police, either.

Let's get real: If we're not going to enforce what we already have, why extend it?